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Non-Fickian diffusion within assemblies of the intrinsically disordered protein β-casein
Inst Max von Laue Paul Langevin, Div Sci, F-38042 Grenoble, France; Univ Grenoble Alpes, Lab Interdisciplinaire Phys, CNRS, F-38402 St Martin Dheres, France; Univ Tubingen, Inst Angew Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany.
Univ Grenoble Alpes, Lab Interdisciplinaire Phys, CNRS, F-38402 St Martin Dheres, France; Univ Tubingen, Inst Angew Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany.
Inst Max von Laue Paul Langevin, Div Sci, F-38042 Grenoble, France; Univ Tubingen, Inst Angew Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; European Spallat Source ERIC, Data Management & Software Ctr, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Protein Science, Nano Biotechnology. Inst Max von Laue Paul Langevin, Div Sci, F-38042 Grenoble, France; Heidelberg Univ, Fak Phys & Astron, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Kungliga Tekn Högskolan Royal Inst Technol, Dept Prot Sci, Div NanoBiotechnol, SciLifeLab, S-17165 Stockholm, Sweden.
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2026 (English)In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ISSN 0027-8424, E-ISSN 1091-6490, Vol. 123, no 11, article id e2532636123Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The molecular mechanisms governing internal fluctuations in intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) assemblies are crucial to the stability and dynamics of both regulated and aberrant toxic cellular aggregates, but remain poorly understood. By comprehensively combining high-resolution quasi-elastic neutron scattering with all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, we probe the motions of D-casein, a model IDP, inside its assemblies. We uncover a previously unresolved slow relaxation process with phenomenological characteristics of anomalous non-Fickian diffusion. This anomalous signature emerges from a continuous mobility gradient governed by density and crowding within the assemblies; the core is denser and more compact, and mobility increases progressively toward the exterior. This dynamical heterogeneity underlies the non-Gaussian behavior and accounts for the observed spectral broadening. Our findings provide insight into how disorder and extreme local crowding within IDP assemblies can result in a fundamentally different behavior compared to, e.g., clusters of well-folded proteins. The deviations from Fickian diffusion arise from dynamic heterogeneity and can be captured within the framework by a model typically used for the jump diffusion observed in liquids, thereby extending its applicability.

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National Academy of Sciences , 2026. Vol. 123, no 11, article id e2532636123
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intrinsically disordered protein, self-assembly, short-time self-diffusion, high-resolution neutron spectroscopy, molecular dynamics simulations
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-382318DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2532636123ISI: 001729788100001PubMedID: 41824503Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105033095227OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-382318DiVA, id: diva2:2062576
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